Fairview, Cass County, Texas

For the town near Dallas, see Fairview, Texas.

Fairview, Cass County, Texas
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 32°56′47″N 94°22′42″W
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Cass
Elevation	354 ft (108 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	903 & 430
GNIS feature ID	1378284[1]

Fairview is an unincorporated community in Cass County, Texas, United States.^[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 20 in 2000.

History

The area in what is known as Fairview today may have been settled by the early 1900s. A 1933 county map showed Fairview as a station on the United States and Northwestern Railroad. Besides the railroad, the community also had some farms and a mine in the 1930s. The small community only had 20 residents in 2000.^[2]

Geography

Fairview is located within a mile of U.S. Highway 59, 4 mi (6.4 km) southwest of Linden in southern Cass County.^[2]

Education

Fairview had two schools in the 1930s, one for African Americans.^[2] Today, the community is served by the Linden-Kildare Consolidated Independent School District.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fairview, Cass County, Texas
2. Fairview, TX (Cass County) from the Handbook of Texas Online